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March 8, 2019
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lonsurf® (trifluridine/tipiracil)) as a treatment for adult patients with metastatic gastric […]
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December 21, 2017
Diagnosed with Gastric Cancer: 10 Tips on How to Get The Most From Your Doctor
1) Choose Your Doctor Carefully Surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists are the primary doctors involved with gastric cancer and […]
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November 27, 2017
The use of a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) medication after Helicobacter pylori eradication appears to more than doubles the risk for developing gastric […]
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October 3, 2017
New Standard of Care for Treatment of Resectable Gastric Cancer
The superiority of docetaxel based triplet therapy over standard care in patients with resectable esophago-gastric cancer has been confirmed in […]
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February 9, 2017
Interim PET Scans May Improve Treatment for Esophageal Cancer
Clinical trial results presented at the 2017 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco suggest that the use of PET scans […]
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